Air Force Academy
Nebraska
Tim Wang Matches Vault Record at Nebraska
1/23/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Jan. 23, 2016
LINCOLN, Neb. – Junior Tim Wang matched the Academy record on the vault, but the Air Force men's gymnastics team suffered a 434.300-425.950 setback to Nebraska this evening (Jan. 23) during the squad's first road competition of the season.
Wang garnered a score of 15.350 to capture first-place honors on the vault and match the program standard that former vautler Gared Chapman first set in 2013. The junior, who also finished first in the all-around with a total of 86.800, paced the Falcons with three additional top-three finishes. The junior earned runner-up honors on the pommel horse (15.100) and high bar (14.750), while placing third on the parallel bars (14.300).
Senior Denis Aurelius added a first-place finish to the Falcons' final line, as he scored a 14.950 to win the still rings by a 0.700-point margin. In addition to the victory on the rings, the Falcons' team captain finished within the top half of the field on the floor exercise, as he placed sixth with a score of 14.600.
Sophomores Arinn Wade and Fletcher Braunton both earned a pair of top-six finishes. Wade finished third on the pommel horse (14.900) and fifth on the parallel bars (14.000), while Braunton picked up fifth-place marks on the pommel horse (14.400) and rings (14.050).
The Falcons' freshman class provided four finishes within the top half of the field, including a runner-up finish in the vault from Christian Kalustian (15.050). Jonah Urlaub took fourth on the floor exercise (14.700), while Eric Klein and Lukas Texeira earned sixth-place finishes on the parallel bars (13.900) and high bar (14.100).
Air Force travels to West Point, N.Y., next Friday (Jan. 29) to face Army.
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